In Hoop Dreams‚ the lives of two students athletes‚ William Gates and Arthur Agee‚ are documented as they both pursue their dream of making it to the NBA one day. The documentary emphasizes many of the themes and concepts about the African American athlete that we have learned in class. One of the themes we talked in class was the exploitation of the student athlete for the benefit of the school. Student athletes are expected to live up to the expectations of the coaches and the school and devote
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Seth 10/6/13 Walker Percy Essay An epiphany: a sudden realization of great truth. No piece of writing has affected me at a level even remotely close to what this essay has. In the Loss of the Creature by Walker Percy‚ so many fallacies of modern day society are exposed for what they truly are. I discovered that I‚ along with the majority of society have been letting myself be swayed hopelessly by the perceptions and expectations of others. A perfect example of this was my first thoughts of
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TRIAL ESSAY Conflicts that arise from particular ways of seeing the world are made evident through the shaping of texts. In Barry Levinson’s film “Wag the Dog” and Michael Moore’s documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11”‚ it is clear that the perspectives in which the audience views the world create particular conflicts. In both texts‚ the conflicting perspectives arise from the way the naïve public views the world and the way that the government and media view the world through their particular agendas
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make some changes in order for the suppliers to avoid children working in the factories. The reason for this was that customers were not longer buying furniture and IKEA was not getting enough income. Also‚ IKEA has decided to not appear on the documentary because it will appear worldly publicity if there are other issues beside child labor. IKEA should not join Rugmark because it does not guaranty if they will say the true that the suppliers are not using child labor. Also‚ IKEA will not have
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the other person. Scientists discoveries up till today has bring up our exitement to study more about our dream. Me myself‚ has been a little bit enthusiatic after watching the potential‚ importance and benefits that dream can do throughout the documentary. Rem sleep was once belived to be the only state that send a person into his dream. Rem sleep is described as the state when the eye move rapid and randomly. However‚ in time‚ scientist also found out that dream can also occur before rem
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Is Pollution the Death of Us? The world has been faced with many problems and pollution is one of them. Most people living on earth do not fully understand that polluting the earth comes with a lot if consequences. Imagine waking up in a world where garbage mask the streets. Imagine in a world walking out of your home into knee deep waste of old food‚ plastic‚ aluminum wrappers‚ old furniture‚ rusty metals‚ dirty old clothing and hazardous chemicals. As if we were pushing your way through like you
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Discovery is a process that has its challenges‚ however the impact of discovery can also be ultimately joyful. However‚ though this discovery can bring joy to some‚ it does not always bring joy to all. Both Simon Nasht’s documentary ‘Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History’ and Richard Flanagan’s ‘The Narrow Road to The Deep North’ explore this concept. Ultimately‚ these texts reveal that that overcoming the challenges that are required for a discovery‚ we are able to extract an emotional response
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In Philippe’s case‚ no one tries to sway him. This is because they know it would be impossible to influence his decision. It could also be that his friends see‚ and somehow feel some of the passion that Philippe feels about the subject. The documentary did a great job of depicting just how much Philippe appreciated every minute of his life. Philippe not only enjoyed the planning of his wire walk and the adrenaline rush of having to tiptoe around all the security guards patrolling the towers‚ but
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Capitalism and Inequality in American and Canadian economies today and also‚ the solutions to improve both society and quality of life. The first piece‚ is a 90-minute documentary titled Inequality for All directed by Jacob Kornbluth and produced by Jen Chaiken and Sebastian Dungan at 72 Productions‚ released in Fall 2013. This documentary is presented by economist‚ author and university professor‚ Robert Reich talking about the last 30 years of widening income inequality and explores the effects that
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Actual Documentary Analysis Zeitgeist Addendum‚ Joseph‚ Peter‚ 2008 This film revolves around the state of the world that is corruption. The main reason or cause of this corruption is the monetary system. Our society‚ work‚ and power rely on one thing and that is money. This film/documentary also offers a solution‚ which is a system that is resource-based and not money-based. “This solution is not based on politics‚ morality‚ laws‚ or any other ‘establishment’ notions of human affairs‚ but rather
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